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This page last updated on Thursday 12th April 2012

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Bob Freestone from Nr. Mildenhall, Suffolk

Posted at 11:24pm on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Thankyou for the most wonderful site. Spent first part of my Navy career as a NAM at Yeovilton, mainly on Station Flight, nextdoor to 766. I remember the almost daily Vixen 'Precautionary' and the occasional 'emergency' landings, and the time when a junior Lieutenant brought in a Mk1 with stbd main stuck 'up'. Using CHAG and throttles, he held the stbd tip up until he could rest the A/C's weight on the stbd. ext. fuel tank. The only damage to the A/C was a crack in that tank. He got out of the cockpit a Lt.... read more »read more »

Damien Burke from Northants

Posted at 10:33am on Thursday, March 7th, 2013

From a Pprune posting: Nick Parrett and Tim Woodford were the crew. It was thought Nick became disoriented on the final turn of a night GCA into Changi whilst dealing with a hydraulic failure. He had taken off from Eagle. Both crew were still aboard the aircraft when the wreckage was eventually found submerged.

Andrew P. Tong from Margate, Kent

Posted at 4:48am on Thursday, February 28th, 2013

This is a follow-up to a request for information I posted earlier tonight regarding the loss of my Father's cousin and childhood fried, Nicholas De'Lacey Parrett, during an operational flight in early July 1966 over the Johore river in Malaysia.

My dad thought that the aircraft was possibly a Buccaneer, but really wasn't too certain. Since posting that earlier request I have managed to dig up the following information. Can anyone confirm whether Nicky was one of the two crew members on board. I think th... read more »read more »

Len Newman from Penzance,Cornwall

Posted at 7:01pm on Monday, February 20th, 2012

My Dad worked on the DH 110 at Hatfield & Leavesden airfields. I was on his shoulders at Farnborough when the sad crash happened. Have loved the aircraft ever since seeing it fly over Victorious in formation 63 Navy Days. Photographed it when ever I have come across one ,glad some are preserved.

Gordon Pugh from Cornwall

Posted at 7:03am on Friday, July 30th, 2010

Hi my father flew the Vixen with 900 sqd. which I think was the early developement unit, he had earlier flown the DH110 from Hurn

Dave Thomas from Bruntingthorpe

Posted at 8:06pm on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Would like to contact "Taff" Cooper from Nth Devon reference Vixen 121. I am presently rebuilding her at Bruntingthorpe to operate here on the runway can you contact me on 07788881953 would love to touch base with you.

John Tonen from Carmarthenshire

Posted at 2:30pm on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

The RAE Llanbder picture showing the Sea Vixen banking tostarboard is over the mouth of the Conwy not Anglesey. Its actually over the site where sections of the Mulberry Harbour were built in WW2.

Tony Rodwell from uk Brayton near Selby

Posted at 10:49pm on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Brings back memories I served on 892 on the Centaur and 893 on the hermes many many moons ago.

Geoff Pollard from Cornwall

Posted at 2:08pm on Monday, August 17th, 2009

I served with 899 from 1969 until the squadron disbanded in 1972 and our aircraft were retired. On the last morning at sea we were allowed to carry out a certain amount of decoration prior to the final disembarkation, the only stipulation being that there were no obscenities and that the paint we used was emulsion so it could easily be removed. Well, we went along with half of it and used gloss paint to adorn the aircraft with flowers, FOR SALE signs,skull and cross bones, sharks mouths and flight refuellin... read more »read more »

"taff" Cooper from Nth Devon

Posted at 4:20pm on Friday, July 17th, 2009

I to served on 899,i was plane captain of 121 67/69.Still enjoy Vixens in my flightsim.

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